MS/Art8/2018/D10/Malta/Mediterranean: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean Sea

Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D10 / Malta / Mediterranean: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due	2018-10-15
GES Descriptor	D10 Litter
Member State	Malta
Region/subregion	Mediterranean: Ionian Sea & Central Mediterranean Sea
Reported by	Environment and Resources Authority
Report date	2020-04-16
Report access	ART8_GES.xml

Area designated for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation (MIC-MT-MS-02)

Simplified table

GES component	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10
Feature	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment
Element	Artificial polymer materials	Artificial polymer materials	Artificial polymer materials	Chemicals	Chemicals	Chemicals	Cloth/textile	Cloth/textile	Cloth/textile	Food waste	Food waste	Food waste	Glass/ceramics	Glass/ceramics	Glass/ceramics	Metal	Metal	Metal	Paper/cardboard	Paper/cardboard	Paper/cardboard	Processed/worked wood	Processed/worked wood	Processed/worked wood	Rubber	Rubber	Rubber	Undefined	Undefined	Undefined
Element code	ARTPOLY	ARTPOLY	ARTPOLY	CHEM	CHEM	CHEM	TEXTILE	TEXTILE	TEXTILE	FOOD	FOOD	FOOD	GLASS	GLASS	GLASS	METAL	METAL	METAL	PAPER	PAPER	PAPER	WOOD	WOOD	WOOD	RUBBER	RUBBER	RUBBER	UNDEF	UNDEF	UNDEF
Element code source	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant	Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU
Criterion	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C2
Parameter	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface
Parameter other
Threshold value upper	1400.0	230.0	5.0	1400.0	230.0	5.0	1400.0	230.0	5.0	1400.0	230.0	5.0	1400.0	230.0	5.0	1400.0	230.0	5.0	1400.0	230.0	5.0	1400.0	230.0	5.0	1400.0	230.0	5.0	1400.0	230.0	5.0
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values	Baseline values
Threshold value source	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP	Barcelona Convention UNEP/MAP
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper	757.0						5.0						3.0			26.0			28.0			48.8			1.0
Value achieved lower
Value unit	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other
Value unit other	median items / 100 m	median items / km2	median items / km2	median items / 100 m	median items / km2	median items / km2	median items / 100 m	median items / km2	median items / km2	median items / 100 m	median items / km2	median items / km2	median items / 100 m	median items / km2	median items / km2	median items / 100 m	median items / km2	median items / km2	median items / 100 m	median items / km2	median items / km2	median items / 100 m	median items / km2	median items / km2	median items / 100 m	median items / km2	median items / km2	median items / 100 m	median items / km2	median items / km2
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Description parameter
Related indicator
Criteria status	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not assessed
Description criteria
Element status	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Description element
Integration rule type parameter	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	GES achieved	Not assessed
Description overall status																															In view of the limited availability of data on this element, criterion D10C2 is not applied and therefore assessment of status was only based on criterion D10C1.
Assessments period	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018	2012-2018
Related pressures	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) Litter in the environment
Related targets	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b	MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2a MT_Target_2019_D10C1_C2b